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Central/South Texas Ernest L. Brown, IV, CCIM, a managing director in the San Antonio office of Kennedy Wilson’s Brokerage Group, has been re-elected to the national board of directors of the CCIM Institute. Austin/San Antonia Areas Pat Jones ANNOUNCEMENTS Robby Eaves Ernest L. Brown REDNews Retail Solutions, a Texas-based retail real estate company, recently hired Robby Eaves as vice president in its Austin office. BGC Partners Inc. is acquiring Apartment Realty Advisors (ARA) for about $110 million. ARA will be part of the Newmark Grubb Knight Frank commercial brokerage network owned by GCG. Pat Jones (pictured) leads the ARA Austin office DEALS H O T E L San Antonio (SALE) Pacifica Companies, a San Diego-based investment firm, has acquired the 194 room Holiday Inn on State Highway 151. HREC Investment Advisors. which has offices in Denver, Dallas and San Diego, represented the seller. Austin (SALE) DBG Austin Hotel LLC, an investment company in Plano, purchased the 63 room Days Inn located at 3105 N. I35 . Also included in the sale was the property housing Star Seeds Restaurant. Jay Weir of Hotel Brokers of Austin represented both the seller, Kim & Bailey LLC of Portland Oregon, and the buyer. I N D U S T R I A L San Antonio (SALE) RMG Land Company II, LLC (George Juarez) sold the 40,384 SF Caliber Collision Center located at 4906 – 4927 Blanco Road & 215 Weizman to Cross Development CC Blanco Rd., LLC. The seller was represented by Brian D. Harris, CCIM, of REOC San Antonio and the buyer was represented by Jim Leatherwood with Silver Oak Commercial. An unidentified investor purchased Bastrop (SALE) a 15,400 SF industrial building at 159 Settlement Drive. Saul Arizpe of Retail Solutions represented the seller and Ron Meyeres of Capital Leasing Management & Sales represented the buyer. The McShane Companies has Schertz (DEVELOPMENT) acquired a 12 acres site near the intersection of Doerr Lane and Lockout Rd for the development of a 213,864 SF industrial park. M E Austin: D I C A L People’s Community Clinic (DEVELOPMENT) will move into a new 54,000 SF HQ in northeast Austin with the help from a $10 million grant from the St. David’ ‘